Cryptotaeniopsis wolffiana Fedde ex H. Wolff, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 27: 327. 1930.

Plants 15–45 cm. Stems 1–2-branched. Basal leaves petiolate, petioles 6–14 cm, densely strigose; blade ovate or oblong-ovate in outline, 5–15 × 3–8 cm, ternate; leaflets 3(–5), remote, broad-ovate, 2–3 × 1–2 cm, lateral leaflets undivided, strigose on the veins and margins. Cauline leaves 1–2. Umbels 2–3.5 cm across; bracts absent; rays 15–32, 1–3.5 cm; bracteoles 2–3, 0.5–1.5 mm; umbellules 2–3(–5)-flowered, pedicels 0.5–2.5 mm. Calyx teeth subulate, 0.3–0.6 mm. Petals purple-white, ca. 2 × 1 mm. Stylopodium conic; styles elongate; stylopodium plus styles 1.2–1.8 mm. Fruit ovoid, ca. 3 × 2.5 mm, ribs denticulate; vittae 1–3 in each furrow, 4 on commissure. Fl. Apr–Jun, fr. Jul–Aug.

Forests; 2000–3300 m. Guizhou, NE and W Yunnan.